numbly
In deadened fashion
Numbly describes doing something without feeling or sensation, whether physical or emotional.
A person who has received shocking news may numbly go through the motions of daily life.
Someone whose hands are frozen might numbly fumble with their keys.
The word suggests automatic action while the capacity for normal response is suspended.
Without sympathy or emotion
- emotionlesslyWithout displaying feelings
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
- impassivelyWithout visible reaction
- blanklyWithout any expression
vacantly · hollowly · emptily · dispassionately · coldly · stonily · woodenly · lifelessly
In bewildered manner
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- blanklyWithout any expression
- vacantlyWith absent expression
- disbelievinglyIn doubting manner
uncomprehendingly · confusedly · bewilderedly · groggily · hazily · foggily · dimly · unconsciously
Without conscious awareness
- deadenedMade less intense
- anesthetizedMade numb for surgery
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- benumbedMade unfeeling, desensitized
paralyzed · frozen · stiffly · pricklingly · lifelessly · unfeelingly · heavily · clumsily
unfeelingly
Without sympathy or emotion
- emotionlesslyWithout displaying feelings
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
- impassivelyWithout visible reaction
blankly · vacantly · hollowly · emptily · dispassionately · coldly · stonily · woodenly · lifelessly · flatly
dazedly
In bewildered manner
disbelievingly · uncomprehendingly · confusedly · bewilderedly · groggily · hazily · foggily · dimly · unconsciously · stupefied
insensibly
Without conscious awareness
- deadenedMade less intense
- anesthetizedMade numb for surgery
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
benumbed · paralyzed · frozen · stiffly · pricklingly · lifelessly · unfeelingly · heavily · clumsily · awkwardly
numblypassionately
With intense emotion
sensitively · emotionally · fervently · feelingly · intensely
numblyanimatedly
In lively manner
vibrantly · vivaciously · zealously · energetically · enthusiastically
- feeling numb
- numb the pain
- emotional numbnessAbsence of felt affect
- numbing creamTopical sensation blocker
- numb fingersDigits lacking sensation
- Comfortably NumbPleasantly lacking all sensation
numb, numbness, numbing, unnumbered, numbed, numbest, numbingly